March 2025 | Volume 17 Issue 3 | |
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Happy March, Grassland Enthusiasts!
It's Prairie's Got the Goods Week!
Caitlin has organized a great line-up webinars this week. You can find more information below or here.
The most recent Native Prairie Speaker Series presentation was about Whooping Cranes, by International Crane Foundation. The recording is available on our YouTube Channel.
And finally, we would like to thank our sponsors for their generous support: Canadian Forage and Grasslands Association, K+S Youth+Us, North American Helium, Nutrien, SaskEnergy, SaskWater, Wildlife Habitat Canada and Environment and Climate Change Canada, as well as the continuous support of all the PCAP Partners!
Carolyn Gaudet, SK PCAP Manager
pcap@sasktel.net
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Prairie's Got the Goods Week: March 10-14, 2025
Join us for a week-long series of webinars about the ecological goods and services provided by the native prairie ecosystem!
The Importance of Native Prairie from a Métis Perspective, Buffalo and the Métis Guardian Program
Monday March 10th at 12:00pm
Speakers, Colin Arlt and Amanda Keller-Jack, Metis Nation Saskatchewan
Register Free: https://shorturl.at/ZD5gK
Pollinators, their importance, and how we can support them
Tuesday March 11th at 12:00pm
Speaker: Jordan Phelps, Pollinator Partnership Canada
Register Free: https://shorturl.at/Veh1c
Measuring nature’s benefits: A wetland ecosystem services tool for Prairie Canada
Wednesday March 12th at 12:00p,
Speaker: Dr. Lauren Bortolotti, Ducks Unlimited Canada
Register Free: https://shorturl.at/YWngI
Healthy Grasslands, Healthy Communities: NCC’s Prairie Grasslands Action Plan
Thursday March 13th at 12:00pm
Speaker: Jeremy Hogan, Nature Conservancy of Canada
Register Free: https://shorturl.at/eXfkC
Soil carbon storage in Saskatchewan's Grasslands
Friday March 14th at 12:00pm
Speaker: Cameron Carlyle, University of Alberta
Register Free: https://shorturl.at/eX4DP
Coffee Table Conversations
New this year, we are offering "Virtual Coffee Table Conversation" with a life-long rancher. We are very excited about the opportunity to interview seasoned producers and showcase ranching stewardship! This is a great opportunity to hear from people who have boots on the ground experience!
Wednesday March 12th at 3:00pm with Art McElroy from near Frontier, SK. Art is experienced in land restoration and rotational grazing. Register here: https://shorturl.at/CPWHu
Thursday March 13th at 3:00pm with Lynn Grant from Val Marie, SK. Lynn will be speaking about ranching in Val Marie for over 40 years and he has experience in using grass management strategies. Register here: https://shorturl.at/QYcnw
A big thank you to our Prairie's Got the Goods Weeks Sponsors:
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The 11th Native Prairie Restoration/ Reclamation Workshop and the Prairie Fire Summit 2025 occurred in Regina, February 11th-13th, 2025.
The theme was "Collaborative Approaches to Prairie Conservation"
Over 250 individuals participated in the 3 day event. We had 32 presentations, 10 posters, and 16 tradeshow booths. The positive feedback from our attendees has been overwhelming! We work hard to put on NPRRW and it's rewarding to know that participants are learning from, enjoying the event and making connections. We're taking a break from planning the next NPRRW event to plan the 2026 Prairie Conservation and Endangered Species Conference. We'll look over the evaluations carefully to find ways to improve the participants' experience. If you have any suggestions on speakers or topics, feel free to send them to pcap.nprrw@gmail.com. More information will be available in the coming months.
The 2025 Native Prairie Restoration/Reclamation Grant was awarded to One School One Farm Shelterbelt Project. One School One Farm currently has 21 partnerships across Saskatchewan. They are currently connecting 21 urban classrooms and 21 land partners who are building long term relationships as they increase biodiversity on the land together. The projects range from creating ecobuffers and prairie strips to pollinator gardens and small restoration projects. Some of these projects that are on native prairie, the students collect and distribute native prairie seeds, which is very neat. One School One Farm is also improving Ecological literacy in classrooms with these hands-on learning opportunities for kids.
A big thank you to our trade show participants, speakers and everyone who participated in the workshop. We appreciate your support and contributions! A special thank you to our sponsors:
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Good Lands Environmental Inc.
Faculty of Science, University of Regina
Kingston Midstream Saskatchewan Limited
Millennium Land Ltd.
Truax Company Inc.
Westmoreland Mining
SIGA - Corporate Office
ISC
Regina Hotels Association
| SK Government of Saskatchewan's Online engagement session on Prairie Badgers | |
Following a series of in-person engagement sessions in the Southwest of the province this February, the Government of Saskatchewan is opening up the opportunity to engage with us about American or Prairie Badgers online, in case you were not able to attend the in-person meetings.
Please join us for this session where we will go over an introduction about badgers, followed by a call to collaborate and be part of a monitoring effort happening this year. If you are out in the field this season, driving around the province or usually run into badgers, please join us and consider collaborating in this project. Also please share with your networks.
Thanks, hope to see you there,
The Biodiversity Analytics and Conservation Unit, Saskatchewan Ministry of Environment.
March 26th, 1:30 PM to 3:30 PM
Zoom Meeting Link
March 26th, 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
Zoom Meeting Link
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Stay tuned for news about our upcoming Native Prairie Speaker Series webinars! | |
The recording of the March Native Prairie Speaker Series is available on SK PCAP's YouTube Channel.
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Information about the April webinar will be available soon. Check the Native Prairie Speaker Series page for updates!
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2024/25 Education Programs:
Presenting Sponsors:
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Carolyn Gaudet, Editor, Saskatchewan Prairie Conservation Action Plan Newsletter | |
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SK PCAP gratefully acknowledges financial support in 2024-2025 from:
Canadian Forage and Grassland Association, Ducks Unlimited Canada, Environment and Climate Change Canada, North American Helium, Nutrien, Parks Canada - Grasslands National Park of Canada, K+S youth+us, Saskatchewan Cattlemen's Association, Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture, Saskatchewan Ministry of Environment - Fish and Wildlife Development Fund, TC Energy, University of Regina, University of Saskatchewan - College of Agriculture and Bioresources, Water Security Agency and Wildlife Habitat Canada.
SK PCAP gratefully acknowledges in-kind support for 2024-25 from:
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada - Science and Technology Branch, Canadian Parks and Wilderness Association, Environment Canada - Canadian Wildlife Service, Friends of the Royal Saskatchewan Museum, Meewasin Valley Authority, Native Plant Society of Saskatchewan, Nature Conservancy Canada, Nature Saskatchewan, Parks Canada - Grasslands National Park, Prairie Wind & Silver Sage, Ranchers Stewardship Alliance Inc., Redberry Lake Biosphere Region, Saskatchewan Aboriginal Land Technicians, Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities, Saskatchewan Association of Watersheds, Saskatchewan Bison Association, Saskatchewan Burrowing Owl Interpretive Centre, Saskatchewan Cattlemen's Association, Saskatchewan Environmental Society, Saskatchewan Forage Council, Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture, Saskatchewan Ministry of Environment, Saskatchewan Ministry of Energy and Resources, Saskatchewan Ministry of Parks, Culture and Sport, Saskatchewan Stock Growers Association, Saskatchewan Stock Growers Foundation, Saskatchewan Wildlife Federation, SaskEnergy, SaskOutdoors, SaskPower, Society for Range Management - Prairie Parkland Chapter, South of the Divide Conservation Action Program Inc., University of Regina, University of Saskatchewan - College of Agriculture and Bioresources.
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